Area kin get Net updates

Area kin get Net updates, More huge quakes rock devastated region.

SENDAI, Japan -- Huge earthquakes rocked northeastern Japan today, a day after a giant temblor set off a powerful tsunami that killed hundreds of people and turned the coast into a swampy wasteland.

The United States Geological Survey said a strong earthquake struck just before noon in the sea in virtually the same place where the magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday unleashed one of the greatest disasters Japan has witnessed -- a 23-foot tsunami that washed far inland over fields and smashed towns.

Today's magnitude 6.8 quake was followed by a series of temblors originating from the same area, the USGS said. It was not

"Anything that happens over there scares me," Connie Sult, of Walkerton, said after hearing news of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan early Friday.

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But she was happy to see that her son, Master Sgt. Jim Sult, who is stationed at Yokota Air Base, had updated his Facebook page.

"HOLY CRAP!!! ....did everyone feel that earthquake. Must have lasted about 1.5 minutes. Really Freaky and it's still going," he posted about 1:30 a.m. EST Friday.

About an hour later he wrote, "OK just (an) update for my family and friends. We absolutely felt the earthquake, and we are all doing fine."

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